When Should You Reveal Your Disability?

Seeded on Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:17 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

Are there times when you should tell your employer—particularly if you need an accommodation such as flex time or a specific work environment?

business, discrimination, legislation, workplace, disability, things-not-to-say

Should You Speak Spanish at Work?

Seeded on Wed Oct 21, 2009 2:03 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

Do you have to leave your bilingualism at the door when you enter the office?

business, spanish, work

Is PepsiCo's iPhone App Demeaning to Women?

Seeded on Tue Oct 20, 2009 3:08 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

Would you use an iPhone application that you felt demeaned women? Online communities are asking themselves this after PepsiCo released a controversial promotional product recently.

business, women, pepsico, iphone, controversial-promotion

5 Things NEVER to Say to Muslim Coworkers

Seeded on Thu Aug 20, 2009 10:26 AM EDT (DiversityInc)

"I didn't know you were Arab." Find out what other culturally insensitive comments people make to colleagues of the Islamic faith.

business, muslim, barack-obama, islam, religious-discrimination, things-not-to-say

6 Things NEVER to Say to a Veteran Coworker

Seeded on Tue Aug 18, 2009 9:45 AM EDT (DiversityInc)

Some people may say, why would anyone in their right mind say these things, however, I know that it isn't only children who say the darndest things.

business, wellpoint, veterans, commitment, career-advice, things-not-to-say

5 Ways Your Alma Mater Can Help You Find a Job

Seeded on Mon Aug 17, 2009 12:59 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

I know many are jobless and hopes this helps in your job search endeavors.

business, social-networking, networking, mentoring, career-advice, finding-a-job, diversityinc-com-career-center, bennett-college-for-women

Gay Slur Costs Hawaii Coach $169K

Seeded on Wed Aug 5, 2009 1:15 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

Hinshaw suspended Hawaiian football head coach Greg McMackin for 30 days without pay after the second-year Warriors coach hurled a homophobic slur, the F-word, at rival Notre Dame during a media briefing--multiple times.

education, homophobia, lgbt, diversity-management, leadership-commitment

Do Blacks Need to Relax Their Natural Hair to Get Promoted?

Seeded on Tue Aug 4, 2009 5:28 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

I know some black women want to wear their hair natural, however, since they work in a corporate environment they tend to process their hair straight or wear a wig knowing that it could hold them back from promotions.

business, promotion, career-advice, black-hair, workplace-diversity, ask-the-white-guy, diversityinc-top-50

Obama Slams White Police Officer for 'Acting Stupidly'

Seeded on Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:38 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

Despite the national outcry, the white police officer who arrested Harvard's Prof. Skip Gates refuses to apologize. Find out why President Obama is saying there's still work to be done.

discrimination, politics, police, harvard-university, obama, racial-profiling, henry-louis-gates-jr

Women CEOs on the Fortune 500

Seeded on Wed Jul 22, 2009 9:24 AM EDT (DiversityInc)

This year, there are a record 15 women CEOs of Fortune 500 companies

business, fortune-500, women-ceo

Racial Profiling? Why Was Black Harvard Prof. Skip Gates Arrested?

Seeded on Tue Jul 21, 2009 4:46 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

Black Harvard scholar "Skip" Gates was arrested for disorderly conduct after trying to get into his own home. Is it racial profilng?

discrimination, police, harvard-university, us-news, racial-profiling, henry-louis-gates-jr

After 100 Years, Is the NAACP Still Relevant?

Seeded on Fri Jul 17, 2009 12:45 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

On its centennial, the NAACP faces the dire question of relevance.

discrimination, civil-rights, naacp, us-news, racial-profiling

Food Network's Sunny Anderson Blasts Philadelphia Swim Club Owners

Seeded on Thu Jul 16, 2009 12:32 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

In an exclusive interview with DiversityInc's CEO Luke Visconti, "Cooking for Real" cook Sunny Anderson sounds off about the recent Philadelphia swim-club incident.

entertainment, black, food-network, sunny-anderson, swim-club-incident, multicultural-missteps

Can Swim Club That Kicked Black Kids Out Learn From Imus, Intel and McDonald's?

Seeded on Wed Jul 15, 2009 1:08 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

These people should be kicked out of the world. We live in the year 2009. Seriously? Do I really have to deal with a group of dumb people like that? White patrons pulled their kids out of the water. Seriously? There's more than one person that thinks that ignorantly?

business, intel, barack-obama, don-imus, isaiah-washington, cultural-competence, cultural-missteps

Attention Managers! Your Employees Just Aren't That Into You

Seeded on Tue Jul 14, 2009 11:38 AM EDT (DiversityInc)

If your your employees seem disengaged or distracted it might just be that employees just aren't that concerned about working... It must be the economy, right? Not necessarily. It might be you or your management skills aren't working.

business, recession, mentoring, career-advice, employee-engagement, career-coach, generations-in-the-workplace, employee-resource-groups

Why Are Young Workers Less Engaged Today?

Seeded on Mon Jul 6, 2009 5:22 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

With the unemployment rate hitting 9.5 percent in June, job security is dwindling. But Generation Y is feeling it the most--and investing the least in their jobs.

business, age-discrimination, employee-engagement, younger-workers, generations-in-the-workplace

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Obama: I'll Work to Repeal Don't Ask Don't Tell for Military Members

Seeded on Tue Jun 30, 2009 1:34 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

In a White House ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the Stonewall riots, President Obama pledges to fulfill his LGBT campaign promises.

congress, politics, civil-rights, barack-obama, lgbt, stonewall-riots

Supreme Court Rules for White Firefighters in 'Reverse Discrimination' Case

Seeded on Mon Jun 29, 2009 3:22 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

White firefighters who were denied promotions because no Blacks and only two Latinos qualified for promotions were treated "unfairly," the Supreme Court ruled this morning, reversing a decision high-court nominee Sonia Sotomayor backed.

discrimination, politics, supreme-court, racism, bigot, reverse-discrimination, sonia-sotomayor, ricci-case

McDonald's Custer Toy Angers American Indians

Seeded on Tue Jun 23, 2009 12:31 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

This toy was part of a series from "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian..." "I think it's insulting. It's like handing out KKK dolls in the south where there are a lot of Blacks."

business, law, american-indians, black, cultural-competency

DiversityInc Hall of Shame Inducts Government Leader Who Called Michelle a Gorilla (VIDEO)

Seeded on Fri Jun 19, 2009 2:18 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

Find out why the remark that Michelle Obama is a Gorilla has former South Carolina Election Commission Chairman Rusty DePass inducted into DiversityInc's Hall of Shame.

politics, michelle-obama, hall-of-shame, rusty-depass, south-carolina-election-commission

Who Called Michelle a Gorilla?

Seeded on Wed Jun 17, 2009 2:35 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

GOP staffers' racist remarks about the first couple are circulating via e-mail. How are government officials responding? Find out more.

politics, racism, barack-obama, bigots, michelle-obama, cultural-competence

Looking for Information on LGBT Rights?

Seeded on Tue Jun 16, 2009 10:02 AM EDT (DiversityInc)

Want to know about discrimination legislation and other protections for the New England states?

politics, civil-rights, transgender, same-sex-marriage, lgbt, domestic-partner-benefits

Housing Discrimination Complaints Are Up, Says HUD

Seeded on Mon Jun 15, 2009 5:34 PM EDT (DiversityInc)

Despite the mortgage crisis, new data shows that people continue to be denied fair housing. Which underrepresented group filed the highest number of complaints?

business, discrimination, hud, disability, foreclosure, predatory-lending, mortgage-crisis

Coming Out … Again

Seeded on Thu Jun 11, 2009 10:24 AM EDT (DiversityInc)

One Latino man bravely shares how he came out twice to family, friends and coworkers--the first time as gay and the second time as HIV-positive. This is a touching story whether you're heterosexual or homosexual.

gay, hiv-aids, homophobia, latino, catholicism, coming-out